Rackstraw Downes

Rackstraw Downes (born 1939) is an American painter, printmaker and art critic.

Also recorded as Rackstraw Downs.

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Overview

Born at Pembury in 1939.

In detail

Rackstraw Downes studied at Yale School of Art, Hotchkiss School and St John's College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts.

Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Work by Rackstraw Downes is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellows Program.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Rackstraw Downes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q7279809: Rackstraw Downes

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